Upright shade-holder.



L. W. ANDERSEN.

UPRIGHT SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED ocT. 28. m5.

1,235,632. PatentedAug. 7,1917.

- To all whom it may concern:

.LAUBITZ -w. ANnEnsEN. or WATER-BURY, oormvnc'rrou'r.

UPEIGET SHADE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1917.

Application filed October 28, 1915. Serial N 0. 58,382.

Be it known that I, LAURITZ W. ANDERSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvement in Upright Shade-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referones being had to the accompanying drawlngs.

This invention relates to a shade holder for electric lighting devices and more particularly to a combined socket holder and shade support.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive socket support capable of maintaining the socket and lamp in an upright position, said socket holder serving also to support the shade holding and supporting means.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination device embodying these characteristics which will avoid the use of screws for holding both the socket and the shade.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the practical application of my invention. Figs. 2, 3 and 4: are detail views illustrating the means for securing the socket in its holder. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a modified form of shade securing means.

Referring to the drawin s A indicates a socket of the usual or well own construction to which is connected the usual incandescent lamp B. The socket A is inserted and secured in a holder O which is in the form of a sleeve open at both ends, the in ner or upper end being slightly contracted, said contracted portion being formed with an annular groove D which is adapted to receive the bead E of the socket A, and this contracted end of the sleeve is slit vertically 'as shown at F, the inner portions of said slits being enlarged as shown at F in order to increase the resiliency of the upper end portion of the sleeve. The extreme end of the sleeve is formed with an outwardly projecting annular flange G which is adapted to cooperate with a clamping ring H which is attached to the sleeve C. The

lower end of the clamping ring being screw-threaded as shown at I and adapted to engage the screw-threaded portion K of the sleeve I, this threaded portion I being just below the slotted portion of the sleeve as most clearly shown.

The bottom of the sleeve can be slotted to receive a -key or pull socket.

The socket A is inserted in the sleeve from the bottom, and after being properly positioned, the clamping ring is placed over the split end of the sleeve and is screwed securely upon said sleeve and in such operation this clamping ring will engage the flanged and grooved portions of the split end of sleeve and bind the same securely against the socket, thereby firmly holding the socket within the holder.

Attached to the holder 0 are the arms L curved as shown to provide ample space for the incandescent lamp, and at their upper ends these arms are attached to a flanged disk M, the shade N, being adapted to fit upon this flanged disk and be secured in place by means of a cup or cap 0, centrally apertured to receive the bolt P which screws into a nut Q at the center of the disk 0 thereby clamping the shade between the disk and cap.

In Fig. 5 is shown a slight modification of shade clamp, the disk N carrying a threaded post R, which passes through the cap 0 and receives a nut or knob S. The socket holder therefore affords ample provision for the shade support and also the means for securely fastening the socket within the holder.

While I have shown this combined socket holder and shade support as upright, it is obvious that it can be employed in the re verse position if so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device of the kind described, a socket receiving member having a rigid and a resilient portion, said rigid portion being adapted to receive the body of a socket and the resilient portion adapted to engage the lamp receiving end thereof, a clamping ring adapted to engage said resilient portion and shade supporting arms extending from the rigid portion of the socket receiving member.

2. In a device of the kind described, a socket receiving member having a rigid ortion adapted to receive the body of a soc st, and a resilient portion adapted to engage the endof-the socket, said rigidportionhavmy signature inthe presence oftwo witing a key slot, a clamping ringf adeqllted to' nesses.

engage the resilient-portion 0 soc et -ree ceiving member, and shade supporting arms LAURITZ ANDERSEN' 5 attached to the rigid portion and? extending .Witnesses:

beyond the resilient portion, as set forth E. A. GODFREY,

. In testimony whereof, I hereunto. aifix- *E. ANDERsEN.

Ccpies of this patent may be obtained for five cents-eacl13 by addressing the' Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. C. 

